RK!Jaune: Alyx? ALYX! SLOW DOWN!
Alyx: *Disappearing into the forest* We're Almost out- If you would just speed- *Cough* S-speed ...
Alyx: (Possessed) OH Jaune! It's been a long time! How's the girlfriend?
RK!Jaune: You get out of her!
Possessed!Alyx: Or what? You'll Beat Me out of-
RK!Jaune: *Hucks a flaming pile of Tree leaves*
Possessed!Alyx: *Hack, Cough, Splutter*
Alyx: *gasp Gasp, sniffle*
RK!Jaune: *Looking her over for injuries*Alyx! Are you alright?
RK!Jaune: *sigh* a decade of Hunting for this?
Alyx: ... Why? Everday I spend here is one nightmare after the next! I KNEW It would end up like this!
Alyx: ... This place just wants us to suffer ...
RK!Jaune: I don't think it's like- I don't know-
RK!Jaune: Let's forget about that. Nothing's chasing us right now, so let's just sit and catch our breath.
Alyx: *PUlling her knees into her chest, glancing at Jaune*
Alyx: *She begin sobbing quietly*
RK!Jaune: ... It's my fault we wound up in this acre, isn't it? I'm really sorry for that.
Alyx: ... Why have you been acting so different lately?
RK!Jaune: ... I have, haven't I? I'm normally not too good with memories. But the scent of leaves ... the cover of darkness and stars ... It brings me back to a certain time.
RK!Jaune: ... So many nights with the love of my life, training on that roof with the moon and stars hanging over head, the smell of her perfume, nothing too sweet or floral, not overly strong while keeping it's scent over the sweat ...
RK!Jaune: ... The night she died she kissed me for the first, and last time. It was warm. Soft. Under the night sky, the scent of that leafy perfume ... Then she was gone ... I'm always brought back there in place like this, at times like this ...
Alyx: You had a Girlfriend? Like here in the Ever After?
RK!Jaune: *Chuckles* Sure. She was Funny, and Sweet, and kind - she was really good at fighting! If she was around she could still ... I think she'd still be able to beat me. I was less than a novice when we first met, but she got me the basics, and that let me survive.
RK!Jaune: I know that last one ... Isn't the most cheerful memory, but it's one I at least have control over.
RK!Jaune: I know how it can feel on this Island. Sometimes it all just feels ... Pointless.
RK!Jaune: Not if you have people that Care about, people that are waiting for you. *Undoing his ponytail, staring at the tiny, ragged red cloth* Hang onto them, Cherish them. You'll never know when they'll be gone. In this world the worst thing you can do is ... make someone think they're not wanted or loved.
Alyx: ... *Wiping her tears* I'm glad you're here with me.
RK!Jaune: *Smiling softly*
RK!Jaune: You know ... A long, long time ... ago? uh, A friend got ... Possessed. I was able to use my semblance to help her fight it. I think ... I think maybe I can get us out.
Alyx: I- I'm scared. I don't want to go back in there.
RK!Jaune: How about ... We try thinking about the people we want to see when we leave, and not the things that want to see us when we enter? Is that okay?
Alyx: If ... If we leave, and head deeper into the Ever After, you're just gonna go back to being Crazy! You're not gonna remember any of this, are you?
RK!Jaune: Don't worry about me, as long as you remember, things will be okay.
RK!Jaune: you're very strong, and smart, and brave Alyx, and I know you'll be able to get through this. *he reaches out a hand* Just hold onto me.
RK!Jaune: We'll get through it together!
Alyx: ... *Stands up, taking Jaune's glowing hand*
RK!Jaune: *helps her get up as they walk into the gnarled trees*
The two walked through a gnarled, haunted forest in the ever after, but Alyx couldn't take her eyes off of Jaune, glowing like a star in the void of an endless night. She'd never felt safer than right here, with him.